Solo G3, Silent Hard Drive for Studios and Recording, 3TB

Quick Overview

The perfect compliment to the professional recording studio is the ioSafe G3. With blazing fast USB 3.0 data transfer, this drive can be used for backup or as a scratch drive for working audio files. The fanless design is great for those who believe silence is golden.

Overview

Wrapped in elegant design and packed full of the fireproof and waterproof technology that ioSafe is known for, the ioSafe Solo G3 + Data Recovery Service (DRS) is a virtual fortress for your music and audio file data. This 3TB external hard drive + DRS delivers unparalleled protection for your digital music, scratch tracks and backup of your creative works... all in a solution that is pure simplicity.

Fireproof - Protects data from loss up to 1550°F for 1/2 hour per ASTM E119

Waterproof - Protects data from loss up to 10ft for 72 hours

Data Recovery Service - Up to $1000 for forensic recovery

USB 3.0 Connectivity

Mac and PC Compatible*

1 3TB & 4TB support limited to Windows 7 and newer, MS Server 2008 and up

*The Solo G3 does not support Windows Server or Linux. If support for these operating systems is needed, please choose the eSATA SoloPRO.

In-studio Media Center Vault

With the ioSafe Solo G3 hard drive, your extensive music and movie libraries are protected against almost anything. Never again will you have to worry about losing your demos, recording sessions, favorite albums, playlists, or movies. With your digital media protected, you'll get to spend your time in the creative process enjoying your music collections — and never risk wasting time and money restoring them.

Features

An aircraft black box for your data. Perfect for the home entertainment center, office or studio.

FireproofProtects data from loss up to 1550°F for 1/2 hour *

DataCast endothermic fire insulation technology protects your data from extreme heat. The DataCast formulation forms a chemical bond with water molecules that, at temperatures above 160°F, releases water vapor to limit the internal temperature of the unit during a fire.

* Per ASTM E119

Fan-less Near Silent CoolingPerfect for home, small office or studios

Our latest FloSafe airflow cooling technology designed for near silent operation. Perfect for customers with sensitive ears who want the cooling and fire protection but want the silence. If destructive heat levels are sensed, such as in a fire, the FloSafe vents limit and protect your data from the extreme heat.

WaterproofProtects data from loss up to 10ft for 72 hours

HydroSafe water barrier technology is designed to protect data loss from fresh or salt water damage, including full immersion. While keeping your data dry, the HydroSafe technology still allows heat to dissipate during normal operation.

TheftproofKensington Lock Slot + Bolt down capable + Padlock-able

A Kensington lock slot is compatible with all Kensington Locks. The built in anti-theft tab allows you to easily secure the ioSafe Solo to any surface and keeps your data protected in the event of a break in. Securing the drive also prevents the drive from moving during a disaster.

Data Recovery Service1, 3, or 5 year plans available

The ultimate safety net for the ultimate hard drive, the ioSafe Data Recovery Service (DRS) provides a one time use, no questions asked data and hardware recovery service. For any loss, no matter the reason.

USB 3.0Backwards Compatible to USB 2.0

Blazingly fast yet Plug and play USB 3.0 connectivity allows you to use your ioSafe with virtually any Mac or PC. Data transfer up to 5Gbit/s.

No-HassleTM warranty

If your ioSafe Solo G3 stops working for absolutely any reason within the warranty period, we'll replace it or repair it. It's that simple.

Backup software and Encryption

Includes the award-winning GenieTM Timeline Pro backup software ($60 retail value) that features Continuous Data Protection, Full System Disaster Recovery, Open File Backup, backup of files synced between your iPhone/iPad/iPod or BlackBerry device and computer, and more. Open-source encryption software TrueCrypt is also supplied.

A plug and play disaster plan for your digital life

Protect Your Memories

With the ioSafe Solo G3 fireproof waterproof external hard drive you can rest knowing that your priceless memories — your family photos and home videos — are safe no matter the circumstance. Spend your time making memories, not worrying about how to protect them.

PC and Laptop Backup

Want to protect your entire digital life — your photos, videos, media, emails, and documents — in one fell swoop? The ioSafe Solo is the simplest and safest way to instantly protect your entire PC or laptop. Never again worry about losing your data when your computer or hard drive crashes. When you backup your data to an ioSafe Solo restoring your computer after a disaster is fast and painless.

Simple Plug and Play

With its simple yet blazingly fast USB 3.0 interface, getting the ioSafe Solo up and running is as simple as plugging it in. Plus, USB 3.0 gives you the ability to use your Solo with almost any Mac or PC.

In-home Media Center Vault

With the ioSafe Solo G3, your extensive music and movie libraries are protected against almost anything. Never again will you have to worry about losing your favorite albums, playlists, or movies. With your media protected, you'll get to spend your time enjoying your media collections — and never risk wasting time and money restoring them.

Data Recovery

The ultimate safety net for the ultimate hard drive.

The ioSafe Solo G3 Data Recovery Service (DRS Basic) provides a no questions asked data recovery service. For any loss, no matter the reason. Whether you're a victim of a drive failure or your child throws your drive in the family swimming pool — we've got you covered.

With the ioSafe Solo G3 DRS Basic you get to enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing your data is protected by the best data recovery service in the industry. Your purchase comes with DRS, which means you never have to worry about how to recover data from this external hard drive

Data Recovery Service for any reason. No deductible for initial

Up to $2500 included for forensic data recovery if required

Global, mail-in repair coverage with free shipping for DRS events

Direct access to ioSafe's experts — one point of contact

Replacement hardware pre-loaded with recovered data

Extend No-Hassle Warranty too.

Only 99¢ per Terabyte/Month to extend coverage up to 5 years — compare to cloud backup!

Unmatched coverage. Standard.

Every ioSafe Solo G3 comes with a one-year limited warranty and one-year of complimentary data and hardware recovery support. That means right out of the box, you get the most thorough data protection plan in the world - for free.

Step it up a notch.

Want to step up your data recovery protection even more? No problem. For as little as 99¢ per Terabyte/Month, your coverage and warranty can be extended up to 5 years. Pre-pay for the 5 years and save up even bigger.

Important notes: The opportunity to extend your ioSafe Data Recovery Service to 3 or 5 years is only available to newly purchased products, during the initial purchase process.

Any loss. Any reason. Really.

When we say "any reason" we mean it. It doesn't matter what happens. We've got you covered.

Need a few examples? We've got that covered too

Fire damage

Flood damage

Accidental damage

Human Error

Disk failure

External Enclosure failure

Accidental deletion

Viruses

Power failures

Soda / Juice / Maple Syrup accident

Anything you can think of

Forensic Data Recovery

ioSafe's recovery experts are able to fully recover the vast majority of disaster exposed drives, but if ioSafe is not able to recover your data in-house, ioSafe will team up with the experts at DriveSavers to help recover your data. The ioSafe Data Recovery Service provides up to $1000 towards forensic data recovery efforts.

One point of contact

Because efficiency of communication is vital during a crisis, the ioSafe Data Recovery Service gives you one-stop service and support and a personally assigned Recovery Team Leader who will guide you through the entire recovery process.

ioSafe Data Recovery Service Terms and Conditions

To be activated, the ioSafe Data Recovery Service ("DRS") must be activated with the ioSafe DRS activation process and is a requirement prior to the use of your DRS plan.

If you or your company has a disaster or system failure, simply call 1.530.820.3090 ext. 430 or email disastersupport@iosafe.com.

The ioSafe Disaster Response Team will assist you with the recovery process through telephone and email support.

ioSafe will provide up to $5,000 per terabyte for data recovery services, depending on the ioSafe product and data recovery plan purchased.

All shipping costs associated with the disaster event paid for by ioSafe. Global shipping included.

One year included upon activation. Must activate within 7 days of receiving the product for activation to be valid.

DRS plans can be extended up to maximum 5 years for an additional fee.

As applicable during the Data Recovery Service period and upon validated activation of an ioSafe (the Company) product on the Company's website (www.iosafe.com), the Company or its contracted partner will assist the original purchaser for one "data recovery event" without the requirement to pay a deductible. Additional attempts beyond the first "data recovery event" will required a deductible of $500 for the second "data recovery event," $1000 for the third "data recovery event" and $2000 for the any additional "data recovery events." For the DRS Basic or original ioSafe DRS plan (products sold prior to 2012), the DRS plan applies to the original owner for the ioSafe product. For the DRS Pro plan, data recovery services will be performed on the registered ioSafe product for the original owner and to one registered computer of the original ioSafe owner attached to the ioSafe product. The Company will attempt to restore the lost data by employing one of the following ways:

The Company or its contracted partner will provide phone or email based support to assist in recovering the data, or

The Company will pay for the disaster exposed product to be shipped back to the Company's headquarters for data recovery. If data recovery is successful, a replacement product will be loaded with the original data and shipped back to the original user, or

At the discretion of the Company, if the data recovery by the Company is not successful, the Company will pay up to the total amount shown in the table below for the specific product to a third-party disk recovery service and/or an onsite technical support of the Company's choice to extract the data. Any data extracted will be loaded on a replacement product and shipped back to the original user. The Company has the right to use a factory refurbished product as the replacement ioSafe branded product. Data recovery services for any attached server or computer will cover the costs of data recovery only up to the total limits below if applicable and will not cover replacement costs for the non-ioSafe branded server or computer.

Limits of Coverage in US Dollars per terabyte of data capacity of ioSafe product

Product Line

DRS Basic

DRS Pro

Any Solo or SoloPRO HDD

$2,500 / TB

$5,000 / TB

SoloPRO SSD or Rugged Portable SSD

$5,000 / TB

$5,000 / TB

ioSafe Rugged Portable HDD

$2,500 / TB

$5,000 / TB

The Company's good faith attempts to restore and recover the data in accordance with these terms and conditions shall be the purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy and the Company shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever. The Company cannot guarantee that any data will be recoverable nor can it guarantee which data files are on the product or the attached computer if applicable. Data restoration or recovery shall be strictly limited to whatever files are restorable or recoverable and not what the purchaser believes to exist on the product or attached computer if applicable. The Data Recovery Service is valid only upon verified, activation on the ioSafe.com website in addition to valid for ioSafe branded products with proper serial numbers and activation codes for products owned by the original purchaser only. The Data Recovery Service is not transferable to a third party without prior written signed consent of an ioSafe, Inc. executive based in the United States of America.

Support

3 Year manufacturer's warranty for defects Standard (5 year available with purchase of 5 year DRS upgrade)

Inside The Box

ioSafe Solo G3 USB External Hard Drive

USB 3.0 Cable

Power Supply

Owners Manual and Warranty

Electrical

Electrical — AC input

Voltage: 80 ~ 264 VAC at 50/60 HZ

Typical Power Consumption: < 25W

System Requirements

Intel Pentium II 350 MHz-compatible or Mac G3 processor & greater

Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 or Mac OS 8.6 & greater

USB 3.0 equipped system

For USB 3.0 speeds, the system must support USB 3.0 specifications

Operating Environment

Operating: 0-35° C (95°F)

Non-operating: 0-1550°F, ½ hr per ASTM E119

Operating Humidity: 20% - 80% (non-condensing)

Non-operating Humidity: 100%, Full water immersion, 10 feet, 3 days.

Physical

Size: 5.0"W x 7.1"H x 11.0"L

Weight: 15 lbs

ioSafe Data Recovery Service Terms and Conditions

To be activated, the ioSafe Data Recovery Service ("DRS") must be activated with the ioSafe DRS activation process and is a requirement prior to the use of your DRS plan.

If you or your company has a disaster or system failure, simply call 1.530.820.3090 ext. 430 or email disastersupport@iosafe.com.

The ioSafe Disaster Response Team will assist you with the recovery process through telephone and email support.

ioSafe will provide up to $5,000 per terabyte for data recovery services, depending on the ioSafe product and data recovery plan purchased.

All shipping costs associated with the disaster event paid for by ioSafe. Global shipping included.

One year included upon activation. Must activate within 7 days of receiving the product for activation to be valid.

DRS plans can be extended up to maximum 5 years for an additional fee.

As applicable during the Data Recovery Service period and upon validated activation of an ioSafe (the Company) product on the Company's website (www.iosafe.com), the Company or its contracted partner will assist the original purchaser for one "data recovery event" without the requirement to pay a deductible. Additional attempts beyond the first "data recovery event" will required a deductible of $500 for the second "data recovery event," $1000 for the third "data recovery event" and $2000 for the any additional "data recovery events." For the DRS Basic or original ioSafe DRS plan (products sold prior to 2012), the DRS plan applies to the original owner for the ioSafe product. For the DRS Pro plan, data recovery services will be performed on the registered ioSafe product for the original owner and to one registered computer of the original ioSafe owner attached to the ioSafe product. The Company will attempt to restore the lost data by employing one of the following ways:

The Company or its contracted partner will provide phone or email based support to assist in recovering the data, or

The Company will pay for the disaster exposed product to be shipped back to the Company's headquarters for data recovery. If data recovery is successful, a replacement product will be loaded with the original data and shipped back to the original user, or

At the discretion of the Company, if the data recovery by the Company is not successful, the Company will pay up to the total amount shown in the table below for the specific product to a third-party disk recovery service and/or an onsite technical support of the Company's choice to extract the data. Any data extracted will be loaded on a replacement product and shipped back to the original user. The Company has the right to use a factory refurbished product as the replacement ioSafe branded product. Data recovery services for any attached server or computer will cover the costs of data recovery only up to the total limits below if applicable and will not cover replacement costs for the non-ioSafe branded server or computer.

Limits of Coverage in US Dollars per terabyte of data capacity of ioSafe product

Product Line

DRS Basic

DRS Pro

Any Solo or SoloPRO HDD

$2,500 / TB

$5,000 / TB

SoloPRO SSD or Rugged Portable SSD

$5,000 / TB

$5,000 / TB

ioSafe Rugged Portable HDD

$2,500 / TB

$5,000 / TB

The Company's good faith attempts to restore and recover the data in accordance with these terms and conditions shall be the purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy and the Company shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever. The Company cannot guarantee that any data will be recoverable nor can it guarantee which data files are on the product or the attached computer if applicable. Data restoration or recovery shall be strictly limited to whatever files are restorable or recoverable and not what the purchaser believes to exist on the product or attached computer if applicable. The Data Recovery Service is valid only upon verified, activation on the ioSafe.com website in addition to valid for ioSafe branded products with proper serial numbers and activation codes for products owned by the original purchaser only. The Data Recovery Service is not transferable to a third party without prior written signed consent of an ioSafe, Inc. executive based in the United States of America.